Opinion: Should this pass? Is it good for the U.S.? The Democrats? The Republicans?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/12/AR2010121203373.html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/12/the_white_houses_case_for_the.html

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/12/tax.plan/index.html